Check out this article by TerraChoice Environmental Marketing Inc. This is a really informative article about how companies promote their products and practices as “green” by face value only. I think you would be surprised how many companies promote a green product that are committing at least 3 of the six sins of greenwashing in the article – “Of the 1,018 products reviewed, all but one committed at least one of the Six Sings of Greenwashing” (TerraChoice pg. 1). Read it and pass it along!

Suzanne Sowinski is the founder and director of sustainable building at Sowinski Sullivan Architects, PC. She received her master’s degree in sustainable design over ten years ago. As a registered architect, she believes that the practice of architecture and the teaching of sustainable design are equally important in the 21st century.